Rosaceae
Japanese rowan
Sorbus commixta
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Sorbus
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- غبيراء مختلطة
- arz
- غبيراء مختلطه, سوربوس امبيليس
- Azerbaijani
- Qarışıq quşarmudu
- Chinese
- 七灶, 七竈, 朝鮮花楸, 合花楸, 花楸樹, 黃山花楸, 黄山花楸, 武夷花楸
- Danish
- Japansk Røn
- English
- Japanese rowan
- Estonian
- Sahhalini pihkalas
- Icelandic
- Fjallareynir
- Japanese
- ナナカマド, ななかまど, 七竈
- koi
- Ниппонісь пелідз
- Korean
- 마가목
- Russian
- Рябина смешанная
- Slovenian
- Japonska jerebika
Synonyms
- Pyrus americana var. micrantha K.Koch
- Pyrus americana var. micrantha Miq.
- Pyrus americana var. rufoferruginea Shirai
- Pyrus americana var. rufoferruginea (Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.) Koidz.
- Pyrus aucuparia var. japonica Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.
- Pyrus commixta (Hedl.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Pyrus commixta f. angustissima (C.K.Schneid.) Cardot
- Pyrus commixta f. microphylla Cardot
- Pyrus cunonioides M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus horti-edeni M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus micrantha var. macrophylla Cardot
- Pyrus reflexipetala (Koehne) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus rufoferruginea (Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.) Cardot
- Pyrus wilfordii (Koehne) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Sorbus amabilis Cheng ex T.T.Yu & K.C.Kuan
- Sorbus amabilis var. wuyishanensis Z.X.Yu
- Sorbus americana subsp. japonica (Maxim.) Kitam.
- Sorbus americana var. japonica (Maxim.) Kitam.
- Sorbus americana var. rufoferruginea (Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.) Kitam.
- Sorbus amurensis f. latifoliolata (Nakai) W.Lee
- Sorbus amurensis f. rufa (Nakai) M.Kim
- Sorbus amurensis var. lanata Nakai
- Sorbus amurensis var. latifoliolata Nakai
- Sorbus amurensis var. rufa Nakai
- Sorbus aucuparia var. japonica Maxim.
- Sorbus chionophylla Nakai
- Sorbus commixta f. angustissima C.K.Schneid.
- Sorbus commixta f. pilosa (Nakai) Nakai
- Sorbus commixta var. commixta
- Sorbus commixta var. pilosa Nakai
- Sorbus commixta var. rufoferruginea Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.
- Sorbus commixta var. sachalinensis Koidz.
- Sorbus commixta var. takasui Kudô
- Sorbus commixta var. typica C.K.Schneid.
- Sorbus discolor hort.
- Sorbus heterodonta Koehne
- Sorbus japonica (Maxim.) Koehne
- Sorbus japonica var. rufoferruginea (Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.) Koidz.
- Sorbus macrophylla (Cardot) Koidz.
- Sorbus pohuashanensis f. latifoliolata (Nakai) M.Kim
and 7 more.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tamberly Conway, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Japanese rowan: ナナカマド [七竈] [Sorbus commixta]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89_%28%E4%B8%83%E7%AB%88%29_%28Sorbus_commixta%29_%286225881484%29.jpg/1280px-%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89_%28%E4%B8%83%E7%AB%88%29_%28Sorbus_commixta%29_%286225881484%29.jpg)
Photo: yamatsu, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 岸本年郎, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Japanese rowan: ナナカマド [七竈] [Sorbus commixta] -葉](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89_%28%E4%B8%83%E7%AB%88%29_%28Sorbus_commixta%29_-%E8%91%89_%286225881798%29.jpg/1280px-%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89_%28%E4%B8%83%E7%AB%88%29_%28Sorbus_commixta%29_-%E8%91%89_%286225881798%29.jpg)
Photo: yamatsu, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Koichi Oda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Koichi Oda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.